Afternoon Bender July 16, 2015

The Afternoon Bender took a day off yesterday due to three of the members of Beertasteslike having an afternoon bender of their own at two local breweries. Be on the lookout for a piece on Solemn Oath Brewery and Penrose Brewing. We had a blast!

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Nothing like a little shameless self-promotion. Don't forget that all of Beertasteslike will be at the Rocking Horse in Logan Square tonightfor the Chicago Fangraphs Meet Up. Come sit down and talk beer with us. More information is on our Events page. We hope to see you there!

Last week we selected an article that documented a decrease in PBR sales but Pabst is in the news again. This time Pabst announces they are opening a microbrewery and restaurant on the old Pabst location – featuring pre-prohibition era beer recipes. I don't know if any of these recipes won a blue ribbon or not but I love this idea.Pabst will brew beer again in Milwaukee at site of historic brewery

Mastodon is no stranger to craft beer. After playing the Roskilde Festival in Denmark, they worked with FFF/Mikkeler joint venture Warpigs to brew two beers: “War Canoe” (American IPA) and “Mother Puncher” (farmhouse IPA).Joanna has a cousin who lives in Denmark. We seriously need to go…now.Mastodon: Beasts and Beer at Roskilde

The Beer Bloggers & Writers Conference is this week in North Carolina. I was too late to join this year's festivities, but there is always next year. As a fan of the Chicago Cubs, I have that saying ingrained in my memory.The 2015 Beer Bloggers & Writers Conference